The Syndicate

sprityo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:51 am

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 9:02 am

Quin wrote: ↑Sat Aug 18, 2018 7:47 am

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:48 pm I’m not sure who this circulated to exactly, but if you want to chip in a few bucks to our hosts (and are able) then you can go to this link:

https://www.gofundme.com/mp-and-daisy-s ... e-bakesale

If nothing else, it should be good for a few years of hosting fees for the site, and some spins of roulette.

do you think my dad would get worried if he found out i was donating money to some couple i met on the internet

Just put it into terms that are easier to understand, like you’re paying for drugs or pornography.

*and

yeah, and. dad knows i'm no cheapskate.

ColinIsCool wrote: ↑Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:48 pm I’m not sure who this circulated to exactly, but if you want to chip in a few bucks to our hosts (and are able) then you can go to this link:

https://www.gofundme.com/mp-and-daisy-s ... e-bakesale

If nothing else, it should be good for a few years of hosting fees for the site, and some spins of roulette.

do you think my dad would get worried if he found out i was donating money to some couple i met on the internet

Golden wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 4:20 am

Quin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 3:00 am Working at the uni just became my only gig.

I did unpaid work experience at a coffee shop over the past month in a program that was supposed to lead to employment there. I just got a phone call that leaves me thinking that I was just being used as free labor over Easter.

Still, my research work is great, I'm hopefully going to have reliable working hours within the next few weeks, and the boss lady is awesome to work with. Being able to dedicate my time to my uni job is a net positive.

This seems exceptionally illegal to me - not that I'm an Australian labour expert.

To be specific, I received a (small) payment from the government for my time. This sort of thing isn't unheard of, though. Throw it in with all the other morally grey things people do on a daily basis.

I'm sure I'm biased in my perspective - maybe I just really suck at what I do

Working at the uni just became my only gig.

I did unpaid work experience at a coffee shop over the past month in a program that was supposed to lead to employment there. I just got a phone call that leaves me thinking that I was just being used as free labor over Easter.

Still, my research work is great, I'm hopefully going to have reliable working hours within the next few weeks, and the boss lady is awesome to work with. Being able to dedicate my time to my uni job is a net positive.

S~V~S wrote:Also at least you found out in the interview process. My brothers friend applied for, and interviewed for, what sounded like a dream job, and he did not find out until AFTER he was hired that it was not at all what he expected. But rather than taking and quitting a job in rapid succession blotting his resume, he is going to stick it out for a few years. He hates it, but he is sort of stuck for now.

That sucks. Do you mind if I ask what the job is? I'm in contact with someone who's looking for someone to do their business's social media marketing which is more or less exactly what I want, so maybe I have some better luck this time.

I've been applying for all sorts of jobs since leaving uni (none getting back to me, of course), and I applied for one that sounded absolutely fantastic - the gist was that I'd be acting as a customer service and sales rep for a marketing firm that interacted with all sorts of national and international businesses. They work strictly for charity organisations so I was a lot more interested in the position than I would be if it were just your typical sales job.

They called me and we had a telephone interview where they told me about the job and the expectations and it all sounded great, and I had an appointment scheduled for this morning.

I went in and their entire definition of what the job actually entailed changed. They were really offering a job not for someone to communicate with these charity organisations like what they'd described, but for someone to go cold-door knocking door to door to ask for donations - I'd have zero contact with these charities like I thought I would or like they described. On the phone I specifically asked them whether the job entailed any cold contact of any kind and they said no then, so now all my interest in the job has been crushed and I had to withdraw my application.

Now I'm back to square one.

I'm getting one of my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. Originally I was supposed to get both of my bottom teeth out way back when I got the first one out, but I had some issues getting scans done so the dentist postponed getting one of them. So now I get to go through recovery a second time

I haven't been to the lectures for one of my courses since the beginning of the semester and now that I have a report due I'm instantly regretting it